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Psychology students in Serbia learn how to foster open science in their daily workflows. The training was a part of the FOSTER (Facilitate European Science Training for European Research) programme.

THE CHALLENGE

European Union (EU) Member States and the European Commission have recently taken a number of steps to better align research and innovation with societal needs.

EIFL is a partner in the new European Commission (EC) funded project FOSTER (Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research), which will set in place sustainable mechanisms for EU researchers to foster open science in their daily workflow, thus supporting researchers optimizing their research visibility and impact, the adoption of EU OA policies in line with the EU objectives on Responsible Research & Innovation.

The Open Access programme (EIFL-OA) facilitates the training programme which aims to set in place sustainable mechanisms for EU researchers to foster open science in their daily workflows. View a full list of other partners involved in this project (fosteropenscience.eu/project/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=272) here.

Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager facilitates a cafe-type discussion at the FOSTER/PASTEUR4OA workshop ‘Open Access Policy for Europe: the Implications for European Research Libraries’.

WHAT WE DO

We lead the training work-package within the FOSTER project, which aims to set in place sustainable mechanisms for EU researchers to foster open science in their daily workflow.

We engage with different stakeholders in the EU, especially young researchers, to help them practice OA, open data sharing and open science.

We develop e-learning courses on OA, open data and open science.

We are entering the era of open science … the impact will be good for citizens, good for scientists and good for society.

- Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission (2013)

FACTS

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Over 6,000 participants took part in over 180 training events in 28 European countries in 2014 - 2016.

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FOSTER Portal provides access to a large body of training materials that are openly-licensed and available for reuse.